Beyond A Steel Sky
Developer/publisher Revolution Software
Format iOS, PC (tested)
Release Out now
Old habits die hard for Charles Cecil and Revolution Software. In many ways, that’s no bad thing: within minutes of starting this followup to the studio’s best-loved game, we’ve got the makings of a cracking mystery involving a corpse, a kidnapping and a fearsome mechanical quadruped. By the time it’s over, we’re reminded that Cecil knows how to craft – and, just as importantly, – a three-act story with a proper beginning, middle and end. The witty dialogue, fondness for puns and love of regional accents with which we associate the studio are there in abundance. And yet despite promising an evolution of the point-and-click
